Released Date:
1932-11-07
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
81 min
Rated:
PASSED
IMDB Ratings:
(411 Reviews)
Director:
Lothar MendesErnest Vajda (screen play)
Claudine West (screen play)
Jeffrey Dell (based upon the play by)
Bank clerk William Marble is desperate for money to pay his family's bills. When his wealthy nephew visits, Marble asks him for a loan, but the young man refuses. Marble decides to kill his nephew. It is a twisted path to justice after Marble is transformed by the crime he committed and the wealth he gains.
Released Date:
1937-02-19
Languages:
English
Countries:
UK
Runtime:
82 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.1 (838 Reviews)
H.G. Wells (short story)
H.G. Wells (scenario and dialogue)
George McWhirter Fotheringay, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them. After being thrown out of a bar for what is thought to be a trick, he tests his powers and eventually sends a policeman to Hades by accident. Worried, he sends the police officer to San Francisco, and seeks advice from the local clergyman, Mr Maydig. Maydig, after having Fotheringay's powers demonstrated to him, quickly planning for reform of the world by means of miracle, but eventually Fotheringay orders a miracle which, due to clumsy wording, backfires. He relinquishes his power and returns to the time before he had it.
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